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Vaccinated prisoners in Alaska can have visitors
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska prison authorities say inmates who have been fully vaccinated will be able to receive visitors starting this week. A statement from the Department of Corrections says…
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Hong Kong’s political opposition become political prisoners
They bonded on the university debate team. On many nights, they’d stay up late playing board games and discussing Hong Kong’s future. She was a law student. He studied Chinese…
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Georgia teen pens 300 letters urging elected officials to protect prisoners from coronavirus
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Since the age of 5, when a family member was arrested, Isabella Martinez has been passionate about criminal justice reform. But when the coronavirus pandemic hit, the…
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NJ Supreme Court should send more prisoners home because of coronavirus, advocates argue
New Jersey’s highest court could intervene in Gov. Murphy’s order to release state inmates, leading to more releases and more transparency. Source link
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Inmate’s lawsuit settled with more Covid-19 precautions for prisoners in Mississippi
Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, run by CoreCivic. File photo by Alan Keays/VTDigger VTDigger posts regular coronavirus updates on this page. You can also subscribe here for daily coronavirus news. Please send your Covid-19…
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Renovated Franklin facility set to house county inmates and state prisoners with COVID-19
Officials said work on the new facility, which will house up to 120 patients, is expected to be completed this week and begin taking prisoners and inmates on Sunday. Source…
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COVID-19 outbreak infects 19 federal prisoners in Minneapolis residential facility
A COVID-19 outbreak has infected 19 inmates, or about one-sixth of capacity, at a residential center in south Minneapolis that prepares low-risk federal prisoners to re-enter society, according to Federal…
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JPs can still visit prisoners and lock-ups – Westmoreland custos, Trelawny Lay Magistrates president dismiss reports of COVID-19 restrictions | News
WESTERN BUREAU: Justices of the Peace (JP) in western Jamaica are not being barred from inspecting police lock-ups and seeing inmates, despite reports suggesting that they have been barred from…
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Lawsuit continues to press for better care for state prisoners threatened by virus
The ACLU and NAACP Legal Defense Fund have renewed and expanded their arguments for a federal court order to improve health conditions for state prison inmates during the coronavirus crisis,…
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